Safety Alert
Malfunctioning Pump Results in 3rd Degree Burn Injury
Malfunctioning Pump Results in 3rd Degree Burn Injury
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 12-03
- Machinery and Equipment
- Loss of containmentPressure systems
- Fluid transfer
- HosePumps
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
An employee suffered third-degree burns from hot drilling fluid while disconnecting a clogged transfer-pump suction line. Although the pump had been switched off, pressure blew the hose off when the cam-lock connector was released. The crew had previously experienced unresolved suction-line clogging problems.
Classifications: Loss of containment; containment loss.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Fluid transfer; fluid loading; fluid offloading.
Classifications: Hose; flexible hose.
Classifications: Pumps.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
The alert concerns a pump malfunction associated with a serious burn injury.
IADC Alert 12-03. Themes: machinery and equipment.